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Nearly 40 states back surgeon general’s social media warning labels
They’d be similar to alcohol and tobacco warnings.
But some of the underlying research on the effects of social media has been disputed, and these labels would mark one of the rare times that platforms for speech and communication have been required to post warnings to their users — with the exception of state-level rules demanding adult sites add unproven health notices about pornography. On a local level, states like New York have banned “addictive” feeds for teens, while Florida will require parental consent for kids under 16 to sign up to social platforms starting next year. Many of the state-level rules have been challenged in court and some have been temporarily blocked; most recently, a Texas judge said states couldn’t demand social media platforms prevent minors from seeing “harmful” content about topics like suicide.
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